May 10, (THEWILL) – Hundreds of supporters of the Senator representing Kano South, Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila, have declined to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and have decided to stay in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
Sen. Sumaila had recently defected from the NNPP to the APC, citing an internal crisis, which he said is bedevilling the NNPP.
Led by Muntari Ibrahim Faruruwa, among others, the former Senator’s supporters, who are from Takai Local Government Area, were received by the leader of the Kwankwasiyya political movement, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, at his residence located on Miller Road, Kano, on Friday.
“Our great leader, we are here to inform you that we have refused to join the APC alongside the Senator representing our zone. Instead, we prefer to come back home. So, we are back.
“We thought it wise to return home so as to continue to propagate the ideals of the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP, as well as contribute our quota to the development of our dear State.
“We hope that we will be accepted back and reintegrated into the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP to enable us to enjoy the same rights and privileges as other members”, the group said.
Receiving the returnees, Sen. Kwankwaso welcomed them and congratulated them for seeing the light and returning to the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP.
He said the Kwankwasiyya movement is about empowering people, especially youths and women, through education and other means to enable them to become self-reliant, to develop themselves and society.
“On behalf of myself, His Excellency, the Governor of Kano State and the State Government, the NNPP and the Kwankwasiyya movement, I congratulate you for taking this all-important decision.
“I pray that all other members of this movement who had left us will return home so as to continue to contribute their quota to the progress and development of Kwankwasiyya and Kano State”, Kwankwaso said.
In his remarks, Senator Rufa’i Sani Hanga(NNPP Kano Central) described Sen. Kwankwaso as a progressive leader who had always championed the upliftment of ordinary people.
Hanga said the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement demonstrated these qualities during his two tenures as the Governor of Kano State when he developed the state, especially in the provision of infrastructure in such areas as education, health, agriculture and roads.
He congratulated the former Sen.Sumaila supporters for taking the wise decision to return to the Kwankwasiyya movement and the NNPP fold and wished them a successful stay in the system.
Abdullahi Yusuf is a seasoned journalist, communicator and was previously the Deputy Editor-In-Chief and Zonal Manager, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Jos, where he retired on December 15, 2021
